Collen Kriel

Collen Kriel is a beat writer for SiliconANGLE covering consumer technology with a focus on mobile. He has a passion for words, the Internet, the Web and all things tech. He endures a minor fascination with people who define themselves by the brand of smartphone they own. Prior to writing for SiliconANGLE he worked as an account executive in the IT industry, directly for, or in association with companies like Mimecast, IBM, VMware and Micros. He is an avid traveller currently making his way around South East Asia

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Hackpad migrates to Dropbox Paper: how to import, export or opt-out

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Dropbox Inc. announced Tuesday that it will shut down document collaboration service Hackpad on July 19, migrating all Hackpad notes to the company’s recently launched Dropbox Paper. Dropbox acquired Hackpad in 2014 and open-sourced it in 2015. Hackpad served as inspiration for …

How to delete your Unroll.me account, inbox cleanup alternatives

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Another day, another consumer data-mining scandal. This time around it involves newsletter unsubscription service Unroll.me, owned by California-based data firm Slice Intelligence. While the free app has been cleaning out your inbox, it has also been collecting data, in particular, Lyft Inc. …

Watch live: the impact of tech on media at NAB Show 2017

CUBE EVENT COVERAGE By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

With the expansion of social video content and virtual and augmented reality, content creators, media brands and marketers have been forced to rethink production and distribution to keep up with the times. The annual National Association of Broadcasters Show, currently underway in …

Microsoft launches To-Do to replace Wunderlist: how to get started

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. Wednesday announced the launch of a public preview of To-Do, a new to-do list app that will eventually replace the Wunderlist app. Microsoft has been privately testing the new To-Do app for nearly a year. It acquired 6Wunderkinder, the German company …

14,000 organizations now use Workplace by Facebook – latest features and integrations

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc. is looking to expand its growth in the enterprise market with the announcement Tuesday of a wide range of new features for its collaboration service, Workplace. Announced at the company’s annual F8 developer conference, currently underway in San Jose, California, …

What to expect from the AWS Summit: Can Amazon Web Services move into the data center?

CLOUD By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Amazon Web Services dominates the public cloud computing market, but it doesn’t yet have a solution for customers that want the economics and versatility of clouds in their private data centers. On Wednesday at its AWS Summit in San Francisco, the company is expected to …

Watch live from DockerCon 2017

CUBE EVENT COVERAGE By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

How are businesses taking advantage of the latest in container technology for virtualized application deployment? And where does Docker fit into this ecosystem? DockerCon17, currently underway in Austin, Texas, will explore these and other questions at Docker Inc.’s annual conference this week. …

How to use Slack’s new custom status feature

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Slack Technologies Inc. has introduced the ability to add custom status updates and away messages to its business messaging app. The company is also opening up the feature to third-party developers. As the enterprise messaging market gets more competitive with the likes …

As Instagram’s Stories hits 200 million daily users, it adds even more Snapchatlike features

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Facebook Inc.-owned Instagram introduced Stories in August in an apparent shot at Snap Inc.’s own Snapchat Stories feature. Now it looks like the move worked. Since launching, Instagram Stories has attracted more than 200 million daily users. While the company doesn’t …

Windows 10 Creators Update is rolling out: How to delay the update on your PC

APPS By COLLEN KRIEL9 YEARS AGO

Microsoft Corp. announced the launch of the Windows 10 Creators Update on Tuesday. Although the operating system officially started rolling out on Tuesday, the company says it will take a couple of months before all 400 million machines are updated. Whether you have …

Collen Kriel

Latest from Collen Kriel

Hackpad migrates to Dropbox Paper: how to import, export or opt-out

How to delete your Unroll.me account, inbox cleanup alternatives

Watch live: the impact of tech on media at NAB Show 2017

Microsoft launches To-Do to replace Wunderlist: how to get started

14,000 organizations now use Workplace by Facebook – latest features and integrations

What to expect from the AWS Summit: Can Amazon Web Services move into the data center?

Watch live from DockerCon 2017

How to use Slack’s new custom status feature

As Instagram’s Stories hits 200 million daily users, it adds even more Snapchatlike features

Windows 10 Creators Update is rolling out: How to delay the update on your PC

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